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TV Actor

Birthday November 20, 1928

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Cleveland, OH

DEATH DATE Feb 5, 2006 (77)

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About

His marriage to a black woman on The Jeffersons was among the first interracial marriages portrayed on national television.

Before fame

He was a Shakespearean actor, appearing in productions of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and the title role in Macbeth.

Trivia

He also starred in television shows including All in the Family, Will & Grace, and Living Single.

Family life

His wife, Mary Bradford Stone ran a dance company.

Associated with

He often played the comic foil to Sherman Hemsley's character, George Jefferson, on The Jeffersons.